Poem

Somalia, October 1992

Title	Somalia, October 1992
Author	Paul Durcan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil	1999	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3084

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil
Date of Publication	1999
Publisher	Random House UK (UK)
Page Number(s)	n/a (Kindle edition)

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR Activism/Humanitarian Work War Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Somali Civil War
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Other
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The title refers to the date of Irish President Mary Robinson's speech in Nairobi regarding the then situation in civil war-ridden Somalia, and her call for the world's attention to the events. It is also the date of US military intervention in the Somalian civil war, particularly the Battle of Mogadishu.

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